Briefs
B Shankaranand dead Belgaum, 20 NOV: Ex-Union minister and veteran Congressman B Shankaranand, who had headed the Parliamentary panel to probe the Bofors kickback allegations, died here today after a

Women aviators take charge
;SNS & PTI Thiruvananthapuram/NEW DELHI, 20 NOV: The Navy broke the mould today by inducting women aviators in its combat wing. Sub Lt Seema Rani Sharma and Sub Lt Ambica Hooda (in SNS picture), were

Shiv Sainiks attack news channel office
;Statesman News Service MUMBAI, 20 NOV: Around 20 alleged Shiv Sena activists attacked Marathi television IBN-Lokmat at Vikhroli ~ an eastern suburb of Mumbai ~ this afternoon for "often criticising

World Communist leaders meet in Delhi
;Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, 20 NOV: No amount of reform can make capitalism non-exploitative or crisis-free. The present global economic crisis is “inherent” in the system which therefore need

Under-five mortality falls
NEW DELHI, 20 NOV: Annual deaths of children under five years has fallen from 12.5 million in 1990 to an estimated 8.8 million in 2008, representing a 28 per cent decline in the under five mortality

Terror high on agenda
;Statesman News Service NEW DELHI, 20 NOV: A new counter-terror framework along with talks on climate change and non-proliferation will be the highlights of the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh’s vis